Evgeniy Sherstobitov was born on June 19, 1928 in Verkhneudinsk, Buryat-Mongol ASSR, RSFSR, USSR [now Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia, Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for
Tumannost Andromedy (1967),
Proryv (1992) and
Beryom vsyo na sebya (1981). He was married to
Zhemma Chayka. He died on October 20, 2008 in Kiev, Ukraine.